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4.7 Open Water
paint

Unedited words by Shombuddha Majumdar
August 2021

fresh brown paint drips

from the newly painted gate

bringing autumn to a few leaves

well before their time.

i wonder if the nail colour remover

i used on my fingers

would have the same effect on them.

i run my now clean fingers,

smelling of sunday afternoons

and rainy days,

through my greying hair.

 Illustration by Ishani Kamat

About Mysticeti's friends:

Shombuddha writes a copy, for which he gets paid, and other things, for which he doesn't. He hopes to make a film someday.

Ishani is a textile designer. She loves, materials, graphics and prints.